Sports Venues and Events

Edgbaston Cricket Ground is located in Birmingham, England. It is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club and regularly hosts Test matches and other major cricket fixtures. Option C contains a typo but is clearly the intended answer.

Sachin Tendulkar was born in Mumbai (then called Bombay) on April 24, 1973. Pune (Option A) is in Maharashtra but not his birthplace, while 'srigaon' (Option B) appears to be a misspelling of 'Sri Ganganagar' which is in Rajasthan. Nashik (Option D) is also in Maharashtra but not his birthplace.

The iconic 2001 Eden Gardens Test saw India follow-on against Australia, then stage a remarkable comeback to win, aided by V.V.S. Laxman's 281 and Harbhajan Singh's hat-trick. This remains one of cricket's greatest ever victories.

The iconic 2001 Eden Gardens Test saw India follow-on against Australia, then stage a remarkable comeback to win, aided by V.V.S. Laxman's 281 and Harbhajan Singh's hat-trick. This remains one of cricket's greatest ever victories.

Chennai hosts the only ATP Tour event in India, known as the Chennai Open (now Maharashtra Open but held in Pune since 2018). However, when this question was framed, Chennai was the correct answer as the sole ATP tournament host city in India.

India played its first international ODI match at Headingley, Leeds in 1974 against England. This was part of India's early foray into ODI cricket.

The first ODI match played in India was at Ahmedabad in 1981. This marked the beginning of ODI cricket being hosted in India.

India played their first international ODI match against England at Headingley, Leeds on June 5, 1974. This historic match marked India's entry into the format of one-day cricket, though they lost the game by 4 wickets.

The first ODI match played on Indian soil was at the Sardar Patel Stadium (now Narendra Modi Stadium) in Ahmedabad on November 12, 1981, between India and England. This match marked a significant milestone as India hosted its inaugural ODI on home ground.

Sunil Gavaskar played his last Test match against Pakistan in Bangalore (1987). This was his 125th and final Test appearance. Bangalore (now Bengaluru) has been a significant venue in Indian cricket history, hosting many memorable matches including several of Gavaskar's record-breaking performances.

The Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010 was expected to cover 170,000 km over 240 days, making it the longest relay in Commonwealth Games history at that time. The baton visited all 71 Commonwealth nations and territories, traveling through various modes of transport including air, land, and water. It began at Buckingham Palace on October 29, 2009 and concluded at the opening ceremony in Delhi on October 3, 2010.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi was the venue for the concluding ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010. This stadium was the primary venue for the games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies as well as athletics events. With a capacity of 60,000, it was extensively renovated for the 2010 games. The stadium is named after India's first Prime Minister and remains an important sports venue in India.